Author Interview: Donna Janell Bowman on Collaborating with Olympian Billy Mills

By Gayleen Rabakukk

Spotlight image: Illustrator S.D. Nelson and co-authors Donna Janell Bowman and Billy Mills at a 2024 event.

I’m thrilled to welcome fellow Austin author and Vermont College alumnx Donna Janell Bowman to discuss collaborating with Olympian Billy Mills on Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills, illustrated by S.D. Nelson (Little, Brown BYR). The book recently received the Robert F. Siebert Informational Book Medal Honor award from the American Library Associa...